Feast Day of Saint Lucy of Syracuse, SicilyDec 13, 2021
Today’s saint is one of only eight women (Mary included) commemorated in Eucharistic Prayer I: “Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, and all the Saints…” Read more
Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and MartyrDec 13, 2021
Gospel: Matthew 21:23-27 : When Jesus had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? ... Read more
Third Sunday of AdventDec 12, 2021
Gospel: Luke 3:10-18 : The crowds asked John the Baptist, “What should we do?” He said to them in reply, “Whoever has two cloaks should share with the person who has none. And whoever has food should do likewise ... Read more
Saturday of the Second Week of AdventDec 11, 2021
Gospel: Matthew 17:9a, 10-13 : As they were coming down from the mountain, the disciples asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” He said in reply, “Elijah will indeed come and restore all things ... Read more
Our Lady of LoretoDec 10, 2021
Our Lady of Loreto is the title of the statue of the blackened Virgin found in the Holy House. By the 1600s, a beautiful “Litany of Loreto” enumerating Mary’s biblically rich and theologically evocative titles became a popular Catholic devotion ... Read more
Friday of the Second Week of AdventDec 10, 2021
Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19 : Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge, but you did not mourn ... Read more
